#591D8A#591D8A

#591D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.168 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D8A
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 46.93, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 67.68, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0951 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.168 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1456, 4.8376, 24.4918)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D8A #4E8A1D

analogous

#231D8A #591D8A #8A1D84

triadic

#591D8A #8A591D #1D8A59

tetradic

#591D8A #8A231D #4E8A1D #1D848A

square

#591D8A #8A231D #4E8A1D #1D848A

split-complementary

#591D8A #848A1D #1D8A23

monochromatic

#180825 #381257 #591D8A #7A28BD #9849D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#591D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#591D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D8A

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D8A	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.168 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60ad',
    500: '#591d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d8a;
$custom-light: #8d60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38562,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D8A

secondary

#7CBB48

accent

#E8408B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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